Open PDF in separate windows

[lvbear]

New update doesn't seem to have option to uncheck opening PDFs in tabs in the same window. How do I get back the ability to open them in separate windows?

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Disable the new UI.

[Ellen33045435vgzo]

How do you disable the new UI? 

[annie33972321j9kc]

Navigate to the upper left Menu drop down --> find and click on "Disable new Acrobat Reader". Click on restart. And your settings should go back to how they were before, mine did. 

[Doria236989817msk]

Here just to say thank you. I have Acrobat Pro and was ready to cancel my subscription over this!

[Traditional352552674kbv]

Dear Ellen33045435vgzo,

I was not able to locate which "upper left Menu drop down" you were referring to, in your response.  I was, however, able to go into my Adobe Acrobat--> Edit-->Preferences-->Categories: General--> unchecked the box: Open documents as new tabs in the same window (requires relaunch)".  And that resolved the frustrating feature of opening new .pdf files in tabs.  

[d3s1gnjet]

Adobe Acrobat 2023 ("New Acrobat") needs the option to open each document in a new window.

This should be possible without disabling New Acrobat.

[Brandon34979815gwmv]

I need the ability to open each pdf in a new Window. I am using multiple monitors and tabs are cumbersome and more diffficult to break out, move and view side by side.

[Sarah36092898f4on]

I have been searching for a solution for this too, then someone mentioned dragging the tab to another monitor or to the desktop - which I did and it works!  Hope this is helpful - until they get around to returning the ability to change the setting.

[d3s1gnjet]

Thank you @Sarah36092898f4on - this is helpful. However, for people who must work with dozens (or even hundreds) of .pdf files a day, cross-editing between them, having to clunkily drag tabs out to create windows repeatedly is not a tenable option; it's too slow and cumbersome. Adobe needs to reinstate the feature of the option to open all documents in new windows.

[EricCEN]

Disable New Acrobat.  Then as shown above (after restart) you can go to "Edit-->Preferences-->Categories: General--> unchecked the box: Open documents as new tabs in the same window (requires relaunch)". 

[Shotgun981]

What is the process for Macs?

[Brophmeister]

Just grab the tab in acrobat of the document you want in a seperate window  and drag it to a space outside of the original acrobat window or to another monitor.

Found this out of fustration and just trying anything.

[Carol Reece]

I've been just dragging the tab and it was ok, but not great.
Until this morning when the tab would not drag. I tried repeatedly on both tabs and they would not select and move. So, I just gave up on new Adobe.
Hopefully, they won't completely mothball old Adobe before they fix this functionality in new Adobe. Other than that, I was getting pretty adjusted to new Adobe. But I just can't be flicking back and forth between two or more tabs all the time. I can't for the life of me figure out why having documents open in separate windows is such a trial.